It happens to Helen

It happens to Helen DID YOU KNOW? Homemade mayonnaise is actually acidic enough to kill any salmonella bacteria that might grow in it. Thus, you can actually leave it out at room temperature without fear of food poisioning. This new admissions site is really something, huh? I just look and I see categories, endless categories, and I want to fill them all with my insights on The MIT Campus and General Institute Requirements and MITs Influence on the World. It almost makes me want to stop writing my usual blog entries about things like particularly delicious burritos I ate, or professors who I saw naked in the Z Center. But yesterday I saw another professor naked in the Z Center as I was getting changed for my evening run. Now, I didnt say anything like, Hi Professor, I really enjoyed your class in inorganic chemistry and think you have a remarkable gift for conveying the subtleties of group theory in a rigorous yet accessible manner. But, well, I could have. Because really, MIT professors are in general pretty approachable people. But, seriously, seeing your professor naked is awkward enough, and, well, have you ever introduced yourself someone while theyre naked? Ive also seen this professor going to undergrad spectrometry classes and waiting in line at Annas Taqueria at 8 PM at night. Now, professors at MIT are generally pretty approachable by undergrads, but I think thats taking things a little far. Ive heard from people who have done UROPs in his lab that hes actually just one of the most hardworking and motivated professors on campus and that sometimes he sticks around in his lab until midnight running experiments. Maybe its just a testament to campus food options that he chooses Annas Taqueria, a cheap burrito place in the student center, for dinner during his all-night vigils in lab. And I was just thinking, UROP (pronounced yer op), is actually one of the most versatile words in the MIT vernacular, if not in the recorded history of language. noun any undergraduate research position that requires paperwork filed through the UROP office I took my UROP for credit last term, but I really need some money after that awesome ski trip I went on during IAP. noun the location of ones UROP Im on my way to UROP in building 66, so I can drop off that package for you in 56. noun one who is performing a UROP Grad students in my lablove having UROPs because they can play computer games instead of handling actual lab equipment. adjective pertaining to ones UROP My UROP professor gave me a raise this term because of my three years of hard work for campus minimum wage. Nice! verb to work in a UROP Im UROPping until 5 today, but I can meet you in kendall square right after that. Verbing weirds words. Okay, Ill be rafting in Maine with Burton-Conner these next two days, so you have something to look forward to hearing about. Dont eat any spinach while Im gone! I mean it!